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!lime circumstances, which left no doubt that the criminal intercourse had taken place.] On the Wednesday follow ing Roberts came and looked through the hole. He seemed dreadfully agitated, and ran down stairs, and attempted to Open the door. It was fastened, and Roberts burst it in. The servant who was on the landing-place screamed. Roberts was very violent, and Snow pleaded his innocence, but I said I had witnessed his conduct through that hole. Snow then left. When I entered the room both Mrs. Roberts and the servant cried out " That's the traitor." Cross-examined by Mr. THESSIGER—I left my house early one morning►, taking some of my goods, but I left enough to pay the distress that had been put in. I gave my apprentice Payne his indentures a week before I saw these things, because he was about to run away, and he was so intimate with Mrs. Roberts' servant, we could not discover anything while he was in the house. Mr. Snow has brought an action against me for defamation, and I pleaded the truth to it. I understand the action has been discontinued. Emma Willis Martin lodged in Rislingbury's house. After the discovery had been made, witness was with Mrs. Roberts in the room, and she swore at the hole, and took a poker to break it, but witness prevented her. Three days before, witness saw an eye looking down through the bole, which she afterwards learned to be Mr. Rislingbury, but she did not mention it to any person. I did not tell Mrs. Roberts, because I thought justice was being done. lam a sister to Martin, the under treasurer of the Temple. Mr. Rislingbury had previously told me that he had made a hole, and that he was watching Mrs. Roberts and Mr. Snows' conduct. Mr. Rislingbury re-examined--The defendant's attorney and another person came to his house to look at the hole. Mr. THESSIGEA addressed the jury for the defendant. He addressed them with the greatest anxiety, inasmuch as it was not the question of pecuniary compensation alone that affected the defendant, but his character, and his very existence as a professional man was involved in the case. Not alone was the character of the defendant, who was in most extensive practice, and the father of a large family, affected by what the decision of the jury Fight be, but also the character of the plaintiff's wife, against whom a foul slander had been uttered. Here was a man of the mature age of thirty-six, marrying a girl of eighteen, and the evidence as to the manner in which they lived to gether, was the most unsatisfactory and questionable that could well be offered. They were all casual acquaintances. and no member of either the plaintiff or his wife's family were examined, who could tell really how they did live together. From what was stated, it would appear that the plaintiff never lived as a husband ought to live with his wife, and had evinced the greatest indisposition to cohabit with her. Yet this was the man who called upon them to give heavy damages for the loss of the comfort and society of his wife. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded, at considerable length, to comment upon the evidence of the several witnesses for the prosecution, and in a very ingenious manner vindicated the conduct of the defendant during his attendance upon Mrs. Roberts. The verdict had not been returned, when we went to press. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) STORK AND ANOTHER V. WATSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, the celebrated jewellers of Bond street, against the defendant' an army agent, residing in Charlotte-street, Portland-place, to recover the sum of 2921. Bs., being the amount of three different parcels of plate delivered at the house of the defendant. It appeared that in March 1834, a female came to the shop of the plain tiffs, and said that she came from Lady Sussex Lennox, and that she was directed by her Ladyship to order a cer tain quantity of plate to be left with the defendant, ad dressed to Lord Sussex Lennox, Jamaica. The plaintiffs executed the order to the amount of 1061., and the parcel was left at the house of the defendant, addressed to " Lord S. Lennox, Jamaica, care of Mr. Watson, Charlotte-street." The same female came to the shop shortly afterwards, and ordered some more plate for Lord S. Lennox, to be sent also to Mr. Watson's, which order was again executed to the amount of 1181., and the parcel again sent to Mr. Watson's. The foreman of the plaintiffs called on Mr. Watson, but the only conversation that took place between them respected the subject of draw-back, which the de fendant said he had not time to get, as it was necessary that the articles should be sent out to Jamaica immedi ately. A third order was subsequently given by the same female, for a further service of s plate for Lord S. Lennox, and it was sent to the same address. It turned out subse quently that the plate had never reached Lord S. Lennox, and that neither he nor his lady had ever ordered the plate in ques tion. The plaintiff, upon this, brought an action of trover against the defendant, to recover the amount of the goods in question, The female who had ordered the goods turned out to be a woman of the name of Kennett, who had formerly been a lady's maid in the service of Lady S. Lennox. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that the defen dant was not liable for the articles in question ; they had keen'ordered by a person whom he understood to be in the se, rviee of Lord S. Lennox, and who, in that capacity, had requested permission to have the parcels addressed to th e defendant. The same person (Mrs. Kennett) called and to o k- the parcels away. It was the duty of the plaintiffs to ha'r'e made enquiries . about Mrs. Kennett bef ore t h ey sent a t e goods to her order, and it would be extremely hard if the i lefendant should suffer for the negligence and care lessness of the plaintiffs. The defendant did no more than the plaintiffs themselves did, viz., to trust Mrs. Kennett, and there was this excuse for the defendant, that he knew that Mrs. Kennett had been in the service of Lord S. Len eox, whereas the plaintiffs trusted her by executing her order, although she was a perfect stranger to them. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence, and told the jury that the question for them to consider Was, whether, under the circumstances, the def en d ant ought to be considered as acting in the capacity of an agent ; if so, they must find a verdict for the plaintiffs. After consulting a few minutes, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs—damages, 2921. Bs. ALLEN V. KENNAWAY. This was an action brought by the trustees of the legal cstate of Lord Southampton against the defendants, who Were Commissioners under an Act of Parliament for the toting, paving, watching, &c., of the same estate ; and the object of the action was to take the opinion of the Jury as to the right of the defendants to put up a fence in a parti cular position on the estate of Lord Southampton. The Property lies in Euston-square, and the neighbourhood, and the fence in question had been erected by the plaintiffs on that part of the property which adjoins the Birmingham Railway. The defendants had pulled down the fence, and the only question was whether the plaintiffs had a right to erect the fence where they had attempted to erect it. The case was not concluded when we left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD•. COURT. (Before Mr. Justice v AUGHAN.) William Ray, William Rogers, and John Walsh were Indicted for burglariously entering the shop of John Birch, on the night of the 22d of November, and stealing there from seven watches, valued at Si. The prosecutor, who is a watchmaker, residing at No. 8 2, High Holborn, found the window of his shop broken at about ten o'clock on the night in question, and seven Watches stolen therefrom. A servant in the employment of Mr. Birch saw the prisoners commit the felony, and an ala r m being given they were apprehended, when the pro perty was found in the possession of Ray and Walsh. Th e prisoners declared they wore induced to commit th e offe.oce through urgent distress ; and a police in spector siAted that he kew Walsh to have been brought Several times to the station-house at Marylebone-lane in a host miserable and starving condition. The Jury acquitted Rogers, and found Walsh and Ray guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. James Steppings, William Sarle s an d J o h n Cocks o n, were indicted, the two former for stealing a horse, cart, and a quantity of butter, and other articles, the property of Thos. Webb, and the latter for receiving a part of the same but ter, knowing it to be stolen. Before proceeding with this indictment, Mr. CHADwIcI oNEs made an application to the Court under the follow ing :—One of the prisoners had in the Say "ngs Bank 561., which he was anxious to place in the hands of trustees for the benefit of his wife and children ; but ' l, order to receive it a power of attorney should be exe cuted by him, in the presence of a churchwarden, a magis trate, or the governor of the prison. For this purpose Mr. Cope had been applied to, and on advising with the under aberiffs, he was recommended not to interfere, as in the !vont of a conviction, the property would become forfeited '• 0 th e C row n. Now the attorney for the defence under took the case on the faith of being paid his costs out of the money in the bank, and if his (Mr. Jones's) application mere not complied with, the prisoners would not have the b enefit o f any assistance on their trial. He, therefore, would humbly request his Lordship to express such an opi 1140u as might induce Mr. Cope to witness the execution of the power of attorney, in order that the means of defence . s t !aould be procured, and the remainder applied to the use of 4 o Wife and children. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN said he did not think the pro hosed • disposition of the property could be considered a 'raudulent conveyance. However, the Governor of the prison was quite right in taking advice u p on the subject, and th e Sheriffs, acting under the impression that the pro perty , would be forfeited to the King, were justified in giving Mr. Cope such a recommendation . He now saw no 1 , „ ` 4B. crt why_the deed should not be executed as required. The trial was.then proceeded with, It appeared in. evi dence that the prosecutor, who is a cheesemonger resid ing in Tottenham-court-road, had purchased, shortly be fore the 11th of November, a quantity of Mecklenburgh Keel butter from on board the ship Caledonia, and on the day named in the indictment, sent a messenger with a horse, cart, &c., to take home from Brewer's quay a portion of it. While returning with 15 casks, weighing 1,400 lbs., and when he had gone but a short distance on his way, the person in charge of it was told by a man whom he did not know, that he was, under some pretence, wanted back at the quay, and he very foolishly returned. While Ile was absent, the horse and cart, together with all the property thereon, were taken away, and for some time no trace could be had of it. Subsequently, however, some information was obtained which led to a discovery ; and the prisoner Sarles was seen driving , a cart, like that stolen, through a turnpike-gate towards the Sun Tavern-fields, Wapping. Sarles was servant to Steppings, and the latter was proved to have been beside a van into which the butter it appeared was removed from the cart. The prisoner Cockson keeps a butter-shop in Cable -street, Rosemary-lane, and from some circumstances a Thames police officer was induced to search. his premises, where a firkin of butter, about 921bs. weight, of the same quality as that purchased by the prosecutor was found. In answer to inquiries made of him, Cockson said he bought it from Larkin and Co., but such did not appear to be the fact, cad in reply to some further ques tions, he told the officer he should give no more information on the subject. These were the facts given in evidence on the part of the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON was addressing the Jury for the defence when our Reporter left. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS. To-nA'r —Entomological, 8, p.m. ; British Architects, 8, p.m. ; Marylebone—( R. Addams on Acoustics), and ensuing Monday, half past 8, p.m. ; Lambeth Literary—(Mrt J. Harris on Style, Intro ductory,) half-past 8, p.m. TUESDAY—Linnwan, 8, p.m. ; Horticultural, 3, p.m. ; Belgrave Literary—(Mr. W. Pocock on Gothic Architecture) and ensuing Tuesday. WEDNFsnAY—Society of Arts, half-past 7, p.m. ; Soulwark Literary---(Mr. R. Jones on Habits, &c., of Animals,) and ensu ing Wednesday, 8, p.m. THURSDAY—RoyaI Society, half-past 8, p.m. ; Society of Anti quaries, 8, p.m. ; Royal Society of Literature, 4, p.m. ; Islington Literary--(Dr. Truman on the Physiology of the Voice) 8, p.m. FRIDAY—RoyaI Astronomical, 8, p.m. —Literary Gazette. A Royal Commission for visiting the University of Glasgow has been issued. The following are the Commis sioners :—Viscount Melville, General Sir Thomas M. Bris bane, Lord Moncrieff, Rev. Dr. Lee, Colin Dunlop, Esq., John Wilson, Esq., Thornlie ; Alexander Earl Monteith, Esq., Advocate. First meeting Dec. 12. We see by the play-bills of the Surrey Theatre, that the enterprising and highly-deserving lessee, Mr. Davidge, has selected to-morrow evening for his benefit. Mr. Davidge deserves well of the public, and we trust that on this occasion it will afford him a solid proof of its grateful remembrance of his 'many valuable services. The bill of fare is well chosen—Grace Huntley, and Colman's tragedy of The Iron Chest; to conclude with that highly amusing miniature of the late Mr. Matthews's "at home "—the Poor Actor. Mr. Booth appears for the first time those ten years in the Surrey this evening as Richard 111. He will also perform the part of Sir Edward Mor timer in the Iron Chest to-morrow evening. Mr. Booth is a great accession to the strength of the Surrey corps. Sir Robert Gordon arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Friday, from a tour—last from Brighton. As a convincing proof how completely the eyesight of the Duke of Sussex is restored, we hear that during his Royal Highness's late sojourn at Lord Dinorben's, he joined several shooting parties, and brought down the pheasants with unerring aim. The Earl of Chesterfield entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday at Chesterfield Hotte. The Earl and Cuuntess, and their visiters, afterwards went to Drury lane Theatre, to see the new Ballet of The Devil upon Two Slicks. The rumour of Jerome Buonaparte being about to sail with his brother to America, is unfounded. He is now having prepared two splendid carriages, on an entirely new construction, at Laurie's establishment, to proceed imme diately to Italy. The intended marriage between his daugh ter and the misguided Louis, is postponed for the present, but the attachment between them is very great, and it is stated that it will take place in America. Apartments have been hired at Baden for his Im perial Highness the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. There are various reports respecting the reasons for the choice of Baden for the winter. residence of the illustrious great. Some ascribe it to the salubrity of the climate, others to a wish to pass some time in retirement, far from the bustle of the great world. Sir William Ingilby, who has recently been deprived by death of his lady, has now lost his sister, Lady Barrie, who died at Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, last week. She was a woman of a highly-gifted mind, and a most amiable dis position. Her Ladyship went to the waters of Nassau in August last, where she stayed for about two months, hoping to derive some benefit from them ; but returned without at all profiting by the visit. She bad not long returned thence when her demise took place. Lady Barrie was the second daughter of the late Sir John Ingilby, Bart., by Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bart., of Kettle thorpe Park, Lincoln. She was married to Captain Barrie, R.N., who, with a son and four daughters, survive her. We understand that C. F. Bunbury, Esq., a name well-known as belonging to a family long celebrated for their adherence to liberal opinions, will address a body of the Electors of Bury, at the Woolpack this day. Of Mr. Bun bury's merits we will not judge. He must speak for him self and spew them. If he fail to convicce us that he is the man of whom " the world speaks so well with all," there are plenty of other gentlemen, possessing all that is re quired of them, ready and willing, we hope, manfully to oppose Earl Jermyn, and emancipate the town of Bury from the griping trammels of Tory domination it has so long and disgracefully worn.—Suffolk Chronicle. It is said that in the United States Government in tend to furnish a substitute for their copper coins now in use. It is thought that the new coins will be composed of that mixture of copper and silver common in many coun tries of the continent of Europe, and which long use has demonstrated to answer perfectly well the purposes required. Besides the cent, which will be of the very convenient size of the silver dime, half cents and pieces of the value of two cents and a half will be of the same matallic composition. —Montreal Paper. THE LASH.—On Saturday last this species of punishment was inflicted upon Corporal M'Culloch, of the 17th Lancers. The whole of the affair has been kept very secret, and no persons but the soldiers witnessed the flog ging, which took place in the Riding School.—Suffolk Chronicle. CARLISLE.—A fiat of bankruptcy having been issued against the late banking firm of Forster and Co, the commission was opened here on Tuesday last, and the first meeting of creditors is fixed for the 21st December inst. Messrs Connell and Co. have called upon their credi tors to meet them on Wednesday next, when, we believe, they will be prepared to lay before them a full statement of their affairs, and will then be guided by circumstances and .the advice of friends as to the steps to be taken to wind up their affairs. It was stated in one of the Whitehaven Papers that Messrs. C. proposed resuming payment on Tuesday last. This was a mistake. This point will not be settled till after the meeting of creditors. The call which we last week made for the establishment of a new Joint Stock Bank calculated to obtain the confidence of the people has been promptly answered. By reference to our advertising co lumns, it will be seen that some other failures have been consequent upon the failure of the banks. They are not, however, of any public importance, and we are happy to add that the working classes continue to be fully employed. —Carlisle Journal. The parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, has recently received 5001. from the sureties of their late collector, Callahan, who, it will be remembered, became a defaulter some few months since. On Thursday 28 members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) at Manchester publicly seceeled from that body. —Sheffield Iris. A letter from Street to Ilchester, scarce 11 miles, costs ten-pence postage ; from London to the same place, 133 miles, the postage is ten-pence.—Sherborn e Journal. On Friday afternoon, a little after five o'clock, as two ladies were walking up Acre-lane from the Brixton road towards their residence, when about 100 yards up the lane one of them was surprised by a man suddenly spring inc, behind her and seizing both her bands, from one of which he took an umbrella, and then snatched at a reticule in the possession of the other lady ; this was resisted, and he then drew something from his pocket which appeared to be a pistol, and pointed it first at one and then at the other. This so alarmed the ladies that he obtained the reticule, containin g articles of value ; the ladies then screamed loudly, which appeared to frighten him, and he ran off with what he had taken, and made his escape. The po liceman on duty was at the further end of his beat, in Bed ford-lane. The first ordinary meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society for the session, was held on Saturday afternoon — Colonel Lusbington in the chair. A great variety of pre sents were announced, both to the library and the museum. A letter was read from Major-General Sir H. Worsley, an nouncing the liberal donation of 1001. for the general pur poses of the Society, and recommending that, in order to rescue it from its present embarrassment, the members should double their subscriptions. Colonel Smythe read a paper on some of the habits of the Tugs, a singular race of murderers in Hyderabad, which were brought before the notice of the Society in 1832 in a letter from Lieutenant Reynolds, by whose exertions many had been executed, and about three hundred more sentenced to work upon the roads. LITERATURE AND MAGAZINES. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. VOL. 14. PART I. Black, Edinburgh, 1836. Under the skilful and diligent superintendence of Professor Napier—who is himself " a walking Ency clopedia"—this work bids fair to drive all its prede cessors out of the field. Though of great bulk and extremely voluminous, yet it is a terse and condensed Miscellany, free from anything like verbiage, and pack ing up immense stores of all sorts of erudition in the smallest possible compass. In its metaphysical, and more especially, in its historical and scientific essays, it is sententious to a degree, in proof of which we may adduce the articles on " Mammalia,"—" Man"— " Mahomet"—" Massillon"—and " Madame de Main tenon," where there is not a sentence that can be spared without injury to the text. From the brief, but circumstantial memoir of " Massillon," we extract one or two pleasant anecdotes, for we cannot pretend to deal with the more weighty or scientific disquisitions in the volume : " It was in 1699 that Massillon preached during Lent at Paris. The triumph which he then obtained, would have intoxicated a preacher who had less self-knowledge. On a particular occasion, being felicitated by one of his brethren, on the admirable manner in which he had preached, Stop father,' said he, the Devil has already told it me more elo quently than you.' Massillon appeared in the pulpit, not with his eyes shut like the celebrated Jesuit, but with downcast looks, without gesture, and without parade. Baron the ce lebrated actor having gone to hear him, was so much struck with his delivery, that he observed to one of his compa nions, my friend, hero is an orator ; tut as to us, we are only actors.' Laharpe has mentioned a circumstance which gives us a deep insight into the real source of the preacher's power. It appears that a person belonging to the Court, when on his way to see an opera performed, found his car riage stopped by a double file of vehicles, one set of which were proceeding to the opera, and the other moving to the Quinze Vingts, where Massillon was to preach. Ir,npatient of the delay thus occasioned, he entered the church from curiosity, and immediately applied to himself the emphatic apostrophe Tu es ilk vir, of the sermon on the Word of God. The man of the world heard the orator to an end, and in going away, felt that he was altogether a different person from what he had been when he entered the Church. Mas sillon succeeded at Versailles as he had done at Paris. Louis the Fourteenth addressed to him, in presence of the whole Court, the well known words, Father, I have heard several great orators, and I have been satisfied with them ; but whenever I hear you, I am dissatisfied with myself.'" And yet the man who thus humbly expressed his sense of his own unworthiness, was the same who revoked the edict of Nantes—one of the most atrocious acts ever per petrated, even by a Nero or a Nicholas—and continued to live in a shameless round of bare-faced profligacy, up to the last moment of his showy, but worthless reign. In his manhood Louis was a libertine of the most aban doned character ; and in his age a sentimental bigot, who would rise from his knees in prayer—like Louis the Eleventh before him—to visit the boudoir of one of his mistresses. The generality of historians have been far too lenient to this crowned scamp ; Mr. Macaulay, however, has done him justice. The article on " Ma hemmedanism," though the subject be something trite, is well worth reading, if not for the novelty of its in formation, at least far the condensed manner in which it is put forth. The subjoined quotation may amuse:— " The belief of a general resurrection and a future judg ment forms part of the creed of Islamism. When a corpse is laid in the grave, they say it is received by an angel, who gives notice of the coming of two examiners, two black and livid angels, of a terrible appearance, named Monkar and Nakir. These order the dead person to sit upright, and then examine him concerning his faith as to the unity of God, and the mission of Mahommed. If he answer rightly, they suffer the body to rest in peace, and it is refreshed by the airs of Paradise ; but if otherwise, they beat him on the temples with iron maces, till from anguish he roars out so loudly, that he is heard by all from east to west, except ing man and genii. They then press the earth on the corpse, which is gnawed and stung till the resurrection, by ninety nine dragons, with seven heads each. As to the soul, they hold that when it is separated from the body by the angel of death, it enters into that which they call al berzakh, or the interval between death and the resurrection. The time of the resurrection the Mahometans allow to be a perfect secret to all but God alone. Its approach, however, may be known from certain signs which are to precede it. These signs are distinguished into the lesser and greater. The lesser are, the decay of faith among men ; the advancing of the meanest persons to eminent dignity ; tumults and sedi tious ; a war with the Turks, &c. Among the greater signs may be mentioned, the sun's rising in the west, and the appearance of the beast which shall rise out of the earth. This beast is to be sixty cubits high, having the head of a bull, the eyes of a hog, the ears of an elephant, the horns of a stag, the neck of an ostrich, the breast of a lion, the colour of a tiger, the back of a cat, the tail of a ram; the legs of a camel, and the voice of an ass." The Mahometan al bcrzakh, or interval between death and the resurrection, bears, it will be observed, a remarkable resemblance to the Catholic doctrine of purgatory. It is curious, too, that one of the signs of the resurrection should be " the advancing of the meanest persons to eminent dignity," when it is well known that such has been for centuries the almost in variable practice among the Mahometans, where a man may be a barber this year, and a Pasha, perhaps even a Grand Vizier, the next. With but one or two exceptions, all the present Ministers of the Porte have risen from the very dregs of the populace. Another sign of the Mahometan resurrection, viz., " a war with the Turks," is not less curious, and must sadly perplex the expounders of the Koran ; for the Saracens, by whom, and for whose use, the sacred book was propa gated, have been, ages since, swept from the face of the earth by the triumphant Turks. From this fact we deduce this useful moral—namely, that the less a would-be prophet, whether religious or political, deals with facts, the better. So long as he expatiates in generalities, he may be safe ; but those confounded facts are apt to play strange tricks with a man's repu tation for prophetic sagacity. We might have made many more extracts from this valuable work, but space and time compel us to come to a halt. We must therefore content ourselves with observing, in general terms, that it forms a body, not only of useful reading, but of that which will entertain the veriest lounger that ever shuffled over the pages of a fashionable novel, on an easy sofa. Its biographical sketches are numerous, and replete with anecdote ; in its disquisition on " Man," it is subtle, but not too recondite or far-fetched, in its metaphysical specula tions ; and indeed its matter is throughout of so various a character, that had it been published in Johnson's days, it would have gone far to reconcile the cynic to that which he most abhorred—" a big book." We should not omit to state, that the plates at the end of the volume are engraved in a superior style. The print of the scaly rhinoceros, in particular, with its dim back-ground of jungle, overshading, a broad, quiet stream, is most carefully finished in its details. The animal looks for all the world like Pavillon, the squat burgess of Liege, crawling with difficulty on all fours, in a suit of chain armour, as is duly recorded in Scott's stirring romance of Quentin Durward. STANDARD NOVELS: No. LV. London, Bentley, 1836. This volume of Bentley's highly admired collection of standard works of fiction, contains the whole of Cooper's celebrated novel of " Haidenmauer, or the Benedictines." Heidemnauer is so generally read, and so well appreciated by the public, that it would be a work of supererogation to enter upon an analysis of its peculiar merits. Few legends of the Rhine are more interesting. We have no doubt but that the announce ment of its republication in a form so attractive will be received 'as a boon by all admirers of this kind of lite rature. The engravings with which it is embellished arc very creditable to the taste and skill of the artist. POPULAR SURGERY. From the French of M. MAron. With Additions, by THOMA S CuTLEI, M.D. London, Longman and Co., 1836. We seldom or never notice medical works of a strictly professional character ; and upon the merits of those which we do notice, we as seldom: venture to hazard an opinion. Of medical science we professionally know nothing, and we have no desire to mislead the public. We will therefore content ourselves with observing of the volume before us, that it is the translation of a work published in Paris by the Principal Surgeon to the Hospital of Lausanne ; that it is particularly ad dressed to heads of families, captains of ships, emi grants, manufacturers, miners, and persons engaged in public works; and that its directions are given in the simplest language. Its object is to supply the want of a surgeon in cases of such sudden emergency, that the delay of a few hours might be attended with fatal con sequences. THE BRITISH ALMANACK ; with the Companion, for 1837. THE HOUSEHOLD ALMANACK AND YEAR- BOOK, for 1837. THE WORKING MAN'S ALMANACK AND YEAR-BOOK, for 1837. Charles Knight. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has sanctioned the publication of no works of minor pretensions to general utility of which we can speak more highly than of its Almanacks. Bound up with their respective companions, they form in themselves books of general reference for all persons, from the highest ranks to the lowest grades in society. The Companion to the British Almanack, is, in all respects, a chronological history of the past year ; in addition to which, it contains an admirable summary of the Acts "passed during the last Session of Parlia ment ; an abstract of the substance of all Papers laid on the tables of the Houses of Lords and Commons ; and a full account of all public works, including rail roads, commenced or projected, in any !part of the United Kingdom since the commencement of 1836. The Companion to the Housekeeper's Almanack con tains a lucid account of the Public Funds, with direc tions for the investment of capital in stocks, which is followed by statistics on the importrnt subject of eco nomical house-keeping. The Companion to the Working Man's Almanack'contains a oomplete system of frugal cookery, calculated for the use of industrious families of limited income. The directions are so simple that a child may understand them, and care is taken to point out how to manage with the fewest pos sible number of kitchen utensils. We confess we are much gratified with this attention to the domestic com forts of the working population. The summaries and abstracts of the Acts and proceedings of Parliament are added, with observations on the New Poor Law, and the proposed systems of Emigration. THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY. Charles Fox. The " Ballad of Delora," by R. H. Horne, is a production of a high order. It has all the characteris tics of the old Spanish ballad, except that it is want ing in incident. But the absence of 'stirring incident is amply compensated for by deep feeling, and stern concentrated passion. Its popularity among readers of true taste will be very great. The article on " Com mercial Freedom" is not long enough to include the ne cessary details which should accompany all disquisitions upon a question so very important. Indeed it appears to us to be one of those subjects which can only be properly discussed in one of the Quarterlies, or in some work equally voluminous.. With respect to Mr. Robert Owen's book of " The New Moral World," which is here reviewed, coupled with some disrespect ful allusions to the silence of the Press, we can only say in our own justification that the work was not sent to us. Had we received it, we would not have shrank from expressing our opinion of its merits or demerits. The article on " Amusement," by Mrs. Grimstone, is the best we have met with for some months from the pen of that lady. The other articles are for the most part reviews of works long since noticed in our own columns. We trust we may here observe, without offence, that both the " Repository" and the " Monthly" devote too much space to stale Literary Notices. Reviews arc all very well in their way, but they ought not to form the staple of a Monthly .Magazine. METROPOLITAN. This Periodical has but just reached us—we must therefore be brief in our notice of it. From the hasty glance we have cast at it, it appears an excellent Num ber. The best article is Captain Marryat's, and is entitled the " Dog Fiend." " Our Actors" is plea sant reading, but too much is made of the subject. " Temper" is a tale supposed to be written by an old maid, and inculcates a useful moral. The 44 Literary Notices" are justly and temperately written. We have no space for extracts, but may make some from time to time, as opportunity offers. ASIATIC JOURNAL. The two best articles in the current number are an essay on " Oriental Translation," and a Georgian ro mance entitled " Miriluli," which we see, is to be continued—a great pity, for who reads continuations ? The remaining contributions are neither better nor worse than the usual run of periodical papers. THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. No. XII. Blackwood, Edinburgh ; Cadell, London. Besides a beautifully coloured map of Ross and and Cromartyshires, this Part of a work, deserving of the highest praise and most extensive patronage, con tains a topographical, statistical, natural and histori cal account of the parishes of Cromarty, Nigg, Kirk michael, and Cullicudden, Logie Easter, Kilmuir Wester and Suddy, Killearnan, Lochbroom, Gair 'loch, Applecross, Lochcarron, Island of Lewis, Storna way, Barvas, Uig, Lochs, Kintail, Glensheil, Fairn, Lunan, Achirlot, Glamiss, Carmylie, and Zealing. It will ever reflect the highest credit upon the intelli gence, the industry, and the love of country, which so pre-eminently distinguish the parochial clergy of Scotland. Well may North Britain rejoice in the possession of such a priesthood. THE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE. Longman and Co. An admirable summary of the progress of architec ture in Britain during the past year, with notices of its present state in Foreign countries, from the pen of Mr. Loudon, forms the first article in this scientifically conducted Periodical. There is no class readers that may not peruse it with advantage. The other articles are of a more purely professional character. To archi tects such a work as this must be of the greatest pos sible advantage. THE ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM. NO. XXX. Ridgway and Sons. This excellent work will be completed in two more Numbers. When finished it will certainly form one of the most instructive of the kind. It will contain above three hundred plates of trees, on coloured paper, and two thousand beautifully finished woodcuts, mar ginally intersected and arranged. We can confidently state that the " Arboretum Britannicum' will obtain a place among the best works that have yet appeared on the science of Arboriculture. TH QUARTERLYE JOURNAL OF AGRI CULTURE. Blackwood, Edinburgh ; Cadell, London. The biographical memoir of the late Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair is concluded in this Number. We think so highly of it that we recommend its re-publica tion in a separate form. The author has sought to do justice to the memory of a benefactor of the human race ; and we feel grateful to him for the way in which he has accomplished what to him must have been indeed a labour of love. The " Agricultural Quarterly," for December, contains eleven articles of more or less interest to farmers and landed proprietors. A retrospect of the British and Foreign corn trade during the half year just ended, by Mr. Grey Fearn side, of Mark-lane ; Mr. C. S. Lefevre, M.P.'s letter to his constituents on the present state of agrscuiturc ; and Mr. Towers' able article on Horticulture, are all productions as good as the subjects of which they treat will admit. We are pleased to find in this work the same care in the getting up, and selection of the arti cles, which marked the outset of its career. The agri culturists of Great Britain and Ireland canna pro vide themselves with a more excellent guide. THE EVANGELICAL REGISTER. Painter. This Number is embellished with a rather handsome engraving of the interior of Orange-street Chapel, Leicester-square, taken during the time of divine ser vice. As its contents are all of a sacred nature, we shall not offer any opinion upon them. BRIGHTON.-SUNDAY. This morning their Majesties did not attend Divine Worship in public. The King is not entirely free from gout, and the Queen is still labouring under a slight cold. In the Royal pew was the Princess Augusta, Prince Ernest, the Countess of Sheffield, as Lady in Waiting, and the Rev. Mr. Wood, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, in Waiting. The Rev. Dr. Everard read prayers, and the Rev. Vicar preached from Isaiah, chap. 5, verse 4. The choir sung Boyce's Te Deum in C, and an anthem. by Dr. Child, from the 104th Psalm. The Queen sat again yesterday to the President of the Royal Academy, for her portrait. The Bishop of Quebec arrived on Thursday, on the Clarence Parade, and Major-General Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth Reynell, on Friday, at the New Steync Hotel. Lord Bexley took his departure on Friday. Baron d'Ompteda arrived on Friday, at the York Hotel. Yesterday he had an audience of the Kim:, and dined with their Msjesties last night. This morning his Excel lency returned to town. Lord George Lennox, M.P., Mr. Crawford, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Crawford, arrived at the Albion Hotel, on Friday. The Earl and Countess Rosse gave a ball and supper on Friday evening on a magnificent scale. At ten o'clock dancing commenced to Kirchner's band, and continued till about three the next morning. Nearly all the elite of the town were present, including the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Lady Harriet Manners Sutton, Marchioness Clanricarde, Lady H. Paulet, Sir R. and Lady Fitzwy gram, Lady Lilias Oswald, Countess Carhatnpton, Sir Arthur Clifton, Colonel Herbert, Admiral Codrington, Sir David and Lady Scott, Colonel Thornton, Hon. Mrs Greville, Misses Burdett, Jennant, Codrington, Scott, Gibbings, Jones, Armstrong, Tierney, Anderson ; Officers of the Grenadier Guards, and the 6th Royal Irish Dragoons. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Sa turday afternoon. Viscount Melbourne came to town from. Panshanger, Herts, to attend the Council. The other Mi nisters present were—the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Vis count Palmerston, Lord Gleneig, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulctt Thomson, and Viscount Howick. Tha Mi nisters assembled at half-past two, and sat till past four. The Grecian Minister transacted business nt the Foreign Office on Saturday . .. . The Spanish Minister attended at the Foreign Office yesterday. Lord Holland had a dinner party on Saturday at his re sidence in South-street. Count Sebastiania, the French Ambassador, visited Viscount Palmerston on Saturday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Sa turday. An appeal came on for hearing from the equity side of the supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, in Bengal. " The Mayor of Lyons, on behalf of the Com munity of the City of Lyons v. The Honourable the East India Company and his Majesty's Attorney-General." Messrs. Tinney and Pemberton addressed their Lordships for the appellants. The case arose of the will of Major- General Claude Martin, who, at his death, among other property, was possessed of real estate of the nature of free hold propefty, situate in the town of Calcutta. The Su preme Court, by a decree dated 23d Februry, 1832, had declared in effect that the testator at the time of his death, being an alien, the said real estate devolved on his Majesty in virtue of his prerogative royal. Against this decree, and also other previous decrees'and orders, the present appeal was brought. At the conclusion of Mr. Pemberton's ad dress the Court adjourned. The reason why the Duchess of Kent did not return to Kensington was that the painters and other work men had not left the Palace. The Duke of Leeds left town yesterday morning at six o'clock for Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, where his Grace intends to receive a party at Christmas. The Duke of Newcastle and his family have re urned to Clamber from Hafod. The Duchess of Gordon intends to dispose of her very fine mansion in Belgrave-square, and to continue abroad for some time. The Marquis of Granby is expected to hunt the the Belvoir hounds this season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ai!esbury are shortly expected in Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Wilts, from whence they will proceed to Paris, where they intend to remain during the winter and spring. The Earl and Countess Brownlow will leave Brownlow House to-morrow for Belton, Lincolnshire. Earl Spencer left town on Saturday last on a visit o Viscount Melbourne, at Brocket Hall. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Ru sse ll h a ve left Dover for Chenies, Bedfordshire. Lady Russell, we are happy to state, has derived great benefit from the warm baths at the former place. Lord and Lady Clonbrook have returned to the Clarence Hotel, Cheltenham, after a short absence, from Oxfordshire. Viscount Falkland will remain at his seat near Darlington during the Sedgfield hunting season. Lord and Lady F. Egerton are daily expected at Bridgewater House. Sir G. Ouslev's 'pleasure grounds at Hall Barn Park have experienced great damage by the late hurricane. The Buzzard captured on the 2d July the Felicia, with four hundred slaves on board, and in a few days after she sent her boats into the Old Calabar River, and captured the Carolina, with four hundred and twenty-two slaves on board, and a crew of thirty-two men ; also the Primo To maso, with a cargo, but no slaves, though she was fitted and furnished for them. The Buzzard, since her station on the coast, has sent 3,476 captives to Sierra Leone.—llamp shire Telegraph. The defendant in the case of APDowall v. Lyster is not Lieutenant-Colonel John Lyster, of the Grenadier Guards. Despatches, dated Nov. 27, were received on Sa turday morning at the Foreign Department from Lord Howard de Walden, the British Minister at Lisbon. Despatches, dated July 16, were received on Satur day morning at the India Board from Bombay. The inhabitants of Lima have presented Lieutenant Fraser, of the Royal Marines, of the Blonde frigate, with the sum of 401., to purchase a piece of plate, as a testimony of their estimation of his service when he landed with his marines to protect the British property at the time of the revolution ; they also addressed a letter of thanks to the other officers and men, expressive of their gratitUde. By the death of Major-General the Hon. Sir Chas. Greville, late M.Y. for Warwick, a vacancy has been created in the Colonelcy of the 38th regiment. The lion. and Gallant Officer was in his 57th year, and was next brother of Earl Warwick ; lie was unmarried. During the last Session of Parliament he retired from the representation of Warwick, on account of the indisposition which on Friday lust terminated in his death. His military career com menced in the 10th Foot, to which he was appoined in July, 1796 : he got his Majority in the 38th in April, 1800, and the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the same regiment two years after. He s erved in Spain and Portugal, and was present at the battles o f R olei , Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, the sie g e of St. Seba s tian, and the the battle of the Nice. For his services on these occa sions he wore a cross and two clasps, and was appointed a K.C.B. At the battle of Salamanca he commanded Major-General Hay's brigade in the sth division d u ring his absence on leave. It is rumoured that great part of the fortune of the l a t e Miss Vaughan, o f Manchester-square, devo lves u pon the children of the Hon. Mr. Norton, who wa s dist antly related to the deceased. M. Dedel, the Dutch - Minister, who, until the arri val of his Lady and family, occupied for several months, and during the Prince of Orange's stay, a suite a apart ments at Mivart's Hotel, has increased his establishment, and taken possession of one of the spacious mansions (Sir William Pepys's, we believe) in Bryanston-square. A new Secretary of Legation is also shortly expected. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are shortly expected in Grosvenor-square from their seat in Wilts, from w hence they will proceed to Paris, where they intend to remain during the winter and sprinip FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 30.—The average prices of Wheat and Rye during the four weeks of November were as fol lows :—Wheat, 16f. 95e. ; Rye, 11 f. per hectolitre, and the import duties, 37f. ;:oc. 211 . 50 e. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The Chamber of Representatives passed to-day, by a majority of 60 to 3 the Project of Law concerning crimes and offences committed by Belgians in foreign countries. DEC. I.—On the 29th of Nov., the Poles at Brussels met together at a dinner in the Roche,' de Cancale. Seve ral speeches, that of M. Lelewel, made a great impression on his countrymen, and the greatest sympathy prevailed among them. There were 44 persons present. We learn from the Hague, that it was not without rea son that fears were entertained for the fate of the Schevenen gen 6 sliing-hoats. Two of these boats had returned to Kalivyk, after encountering the greatest danger. No ac counts have been received of 30 others ; most of which are gone to the herring fishery. BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—We hear that, on the day of the hurricane, there was a terrible fire at Grand Bourg (in the district of Charleroy), which in a short time destroyed a great number of houses. An Englishman of the name of Tiddy, having offered Bibles for sale, became the subject of the periecution of our intolerant priests (say s th e (Journier Beige). They de nounced him in their sermons, invoking popular vengeance on him. Yesterday, accordingly, he -was attacked and pelted with stones by about a hundred ragamuffins, but was able, by the aid of a Commissary of Police, to return to his inn. Mr. Tiddy has since called at our office. He confirmed the above particulars, and said, that though he is aware that the sale of all kind of hooks is permitted in Belgium, and has Bibles for the different Christian com munities, he has, however, only offered for sale the New Testament, according . to the Catholic v ers i on , exce pt t o persons who expressly a pplied for them. He has left at our office two copies of the books which he publicly offered for sale here ; one is Le Nouveau Testament, by Lemaistre de Sacy, and the other Nieuvre Testanzent, which has been so many times reprinted in this country, the last edition, of 1836, by Ode and Wodon, of Brussels, with the approbation of several signatures of the Catholic Church. On applying to the Magistrates for protection, Mr. Tiddy received for answer, " We can protect you as long as you are here in the Town-hall, but the safest way for you will be to quit the city as soon as possible." The journals contain long and affecting details of the damage done by the hurricane of the 29th. BELG lAN k UNDS—Baussms. DEC. 2. Actual Debt, 2!4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO Loan of Thirty Millions 93X Loan of City, 1532.4 per Cent. lOO% Society of Commerce, 4‘;,per Cent. 141% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Durcrt FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Noy. 30.: Actual Debt, 2 1 ,, per Cent. Ito do. 5 p r Cent. Amort Syndic 4% per Cent., Do. do. 3 per Cent. Commercial Company, 4% per Cent % Brussels Papers, Dec. 3. GERMANY. BERLIN, Nov. 23.—Travellers from Cracow bring word of the departure of the Austrians from that republic. Ac cording to their accounts the city is quite deserted, hardly any trace remaining of the former life and bustle. The higher classes are deeply affected by the circumstances of the times ; the citizens, on the contrary, though discontented at the decline of business, are said to have been very sa tisfied at the occupation of the city. The conduct of the Austrian troops was exemplary ; and all parties agree in extolling the merits of the Austrian Consul, M. Lieber mane. VIENNA, Nov. 23.—The Emperor has just given a new proof of his love of justice. A General of high rank has incurred his Majesty's displeasure, and has been deprived of his regiment for having favoured, in a very remarkable manner, a young officer of a distinguished family, promo ting him to the wrong of other bravo officers. The Russian Ambassador, Count Tatescheff, is not ex pected from St. Petersburgh till the Spring. We learn from Goritz that the mortal remains of Charles X. are. de posited, for the present, in the Capuchin Convent, in that city. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 24. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1265 —Ailgerneinc Zeitung, Nov. 21?. AMERICA. New York papers, to the 12th of November, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the above Papers.) " VIRGINIA.—The votes in Richmond, according to a correspondent of the American, was as follows CITY OF RICHMOND : Whig tickets, 454 ; - Van Buren tickets, 138—Whig majority, 316. " Yesterday various rumours were afloat respecting the result of the election in this State. Great anxiety pre vailed. Stocks fell about three dollars per share, and the impression gained ground, that the Van Buren tickets had succeeded by a small majority. Other reports state that the Van Buren men had information, by which they claimed the Electoral ticket, by a majority of two thousand. Their means of information was not stated. " DIVISION OF DEPOSITS AMONG THE STATE. " The Secretary of the Treasury has notified the Bank of Virginia that he shall draw on that Bank in a few days after the Ist of July, in favour of the Treasurer of Virginia, for about 350,000 dollars, which will of course be previously deposited in the Bank ; the ratio will give to the State about 2,600,000 dollars by the Ist of October next, and make the whole distributable sum, about or upwards of 36,000,000 dollars. " Note by the Globe : On inquiry, we learn that a si milar notice had been sent to the deposit Banks in every State of the Union. Besides this, the extraordinary calls on the Treasury to meet very large appropriations at the most distant points. Exchange, ai to 8f ; Bank Shares, 118 to 1181. Quebec papers to Nov. 4 ; Montreal to Nov. 6. (From the Quebec Papers.) A report is current in Montreal that a Session of the Legislature is to be called at an early day, some say beforo January, and that previous thereto such additions are to be made to the Legislative Council as will give it a majority. The meeting of the Delegates of the Constitutionalists is to take place at Montreal on the Bth inst. _ . We have received Toronto Papers of the 25th inclusive. The Bytown Gazette of the 27th contains an additional article in favour of the union of the two provinces. It is the only Upper Canada paper which supports the union. The Montreal Herald asserts that Lord Gosford is about to swamp the Legislative Council ; and it pretends to know it on good authority. (From the Montreal Papers.) Seventy notices of applications for Acts to be made at the next Session of the Upper Canada Parliament have been published ; there will therefore be no want of business to occupy a long Session. His Excellency's opening speech will be looked for with deep interest by the inhabitants of both provinces. HALIFAX, Nov. 15.—We have had five arrivals of emigrant vessels within these two weeks, three of which have returned for fresh cargoes, and two others arc daily expected to arrive. We were yesterday visited with the first snow storm. . (Demerara Papers to Oct. 18.) ST. VINCENT.—Ttic Legislature met on Tuesday. Se veral c ommunications were made t o t h e Assem bl y b y hi s Excellency. The most important one was, that three com panies of his Majesty's troops would only be left in the island, Government. having determined to remove the rest. TRINIDAD. — Four some drys past a rumour has been prevalent in town that our Governor had received notice from the Colonial-office that the troops stationed here were shortly.to be withdrawn. This has occasioned a good deal of inquietude. There was a general meeting of the Society of British Musicians on Saturday, when it was resolved that the first public concert of the Society should be postponed from th e 7 t h i nst . to t h e .llth of January, by which time it is hoped that a sufficient n umber of subscribers will be ob tained to secure the m embers from loss in their laudable endeavours to promote native talent. January, the Philharmonic o n th e 27t h o f F e b ruar y, an d the Ancients ' Vocal e Citherotownerttis commence on the 9th of the or the Bth of March. The period for commencing the Quartet Concerts has not yet been fixed. DIE LATE MADA ME MALIBRAN.—At the Con sistory Court, Chester, on Thursday, Messrs. Jones and 111addock, proctors for the defendant, read a protocol of appeal—that is, they took the first step towards appealing against the late decision of the Chancellor of the diocese, the Rev. Henry liaikes, to the Metropolitan Court at York. The grounds of the appeal are twofold ; first, the defendant relies upon the want of personal service of the citation ; and, secondly, upon the granting of the faculty without giving him an opportunity of showing cause against the issuing of the same. The result of this step will be the prevention of the issuing of the faculty until after the next Court days It will also give the defendant an oppF tunity of car.:ing upon Monsieur de Beriot. to prove bis in terest in the Court of Appeal, should there be any truth in the report that Madame Malibran was not legally divorced from her first husband. The Rev. Mr. Ramsay, of Arbroath, commenced digging early potatoes on the 28th of June, which he had planted in his garden ; and, after removing the potatoes, he immediately re-planted the stems. On the 12th ult., he commenced digging a second time ; and, although the first crop was considered good, the second was found superior— more numerous, larger, and of better quality.—Scots '...*- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1836.